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| Date | 2015-02-05 13:11 -0500 |
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, misc.phone.mobile.iphone |
| Subject | Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ... |
| References | <NLOdnQCjQLGM3lPJnZ2dnUU7-SGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <010220151401050621%invid@loclanet.com> <54d11d71$0$12908$b1db1813$a307dbb3@news.astraweb.com> <yMOdnSrQAcwqvU_JnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@giganews.com> <cjf9hhF55rrU1@mid.individual.net> |
| Message-ID | <tq2dnS1AIIfLL07JnZ2dnUU7-bmdnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2015.02.04 14:16 , john james wrote:
>
>
> "Alan Browne" <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:yMOdnSrQAcwqvU_JnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@giganews.com...
>> On 2015.02.03 14:11 , bne9988 wrote:
>>> On 2015-02-01 19:01:05 +0000, Invid Fan said:
>>>
>>>> In article <NLOdnQCjQLGM3lPJnZ2dnUU7-SGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
>>>> <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Apparently the Apple/Google deal on default search for Safari (OS X
>>>>> and
>>>>> iOS) will end soon and Yahoo and MS are vying to be the new default
>>>>> search engine.
>>>>>
>>>> It would be funny if Apple went with Duck Duck Go, just to piss the
>>>> others off (It's already one of the options)
>>>
>>> That would be fantastic. Not only would it piss off the others, but it
>>> would also make a statement that Apple is a company that supports
>>> privacy... at least it would seem like they do.
>>
>> You could always wrap your Google (or other) searches via Tor browser
>> making you pretty much untrackable. I tried it recently and its speed
>> (I mean network side) is improving to the point of not being a drag
>> anymore.
>>
>> As to best search engine we assume that Google is the best, or maybe
>> Bing is. Or perhaps Yahoo (which uses Bing).
>>
>> How does one 'certify' (or otherwise measure) the completeness of a
>> search site's content library?
>
> That isn't necessarily what most want from a search engine,
> for many it’s getting the hits sorted so the one they want is
> on the first page and one which works out what you meant
> rather than what you actually typed, particularly with typos
> and alternate keywords that are more commonly used.
I don't disagree. OTOH there has to be some completeness factor as part
of an overall "rating" of the search engine.
The "easy" searches aren't always the ones one needs done.
>
>> It's crawler's abilities? Bias? (Google).
>
>> Likewise the efficiency, completeness, accuracy and
>> context-mindfullness of its search engines and results?
>
> That's closer to what most want from a search engine but also
> includes what I listed as well.
--
"Your net worth to the world is usually
determined by what remains after your
bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ... bne9988 <bne9988@gmail.com> - 2015-02-03 20:11 +0100
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